兴起

興起
xìngqǐ
  1. (literary) to be carried away by a whim; to be prompted by a sudden impulse
  2. to be carried away by a whim; to be prompted by a sudden impulse

Wiktionary

Homographs

兴起 xīngqǐ
  1. to rise
  2. to spring up
  3. to burgeon
  4. to be aroused
  5. to come into vogue

Entry Composition

=1 兴 Xīng surname Xing
=1 兴 xīng
  1. to rise
  2. to flourish
  3. to become popular
  4. to start
  5. to encourage
  6. to get up
  7. (often used in the negative) to permit or allow (dialect)
  8. maybe (dialect)
=1 兴 xìng
  1. feeling or desire to do sth
  2. interest in sth
  3. excitement
2 起 qǐ
  1. to rise
  2. to raise
  3. to get up
  4. to set out
  5. to start
  6. to appear
  7. to launch
  8. to initiate (action)
  9. to draft
  10. to establish
  11. to get (from a depot or counter)
  12. verb suffix, to start
  13. starting from (a time, place, price etc)
  14. classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance
  15. classifier for groups: batch, group